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FINAT Announces Recycling Awards

(Label/Tape)

July 10, 2016, ... for its commitment to recycling, and the fact that release liner, matrix waste, and other related secondary materials—paper and film—are all recycled by the company, eliminating landfill. Hagmaier is also, ...

Clear Lam Launches Lightweight Packaging Materials

(Bag Pouch)

July 05, 2016, ... to seal to APET (amorphous polyethylene terephthalate), rPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) and CPET (crystallizable polyethylene terephthalate). Recommended applications include: SealChoice SP705 ...

Badger Plug Endboards Protect Rolls

(Web Handling)

June 18, 2016, Company says even heavy rolls are protected with endboards combined with its sleeve plugs GREENVILLE, WI | Badger Plug reports its precision-cut, custom endboards combined with rugged sleeve plugs ...

Dow Adds Barrier to Recycling Technology

(Bag Pouch)

June 18, 2016, RecycleReady Technology now can incorporate barrier film technology for flexible stand-up pouches MIDLAND, MI | The Dow Chemical Company is introducing a new member of the recently launched RecycleReady ...

Constantia Sells Folding Carton Business in Mexico

(Carton Box)

June 06, 2016, ... founded in 1954. It is composed of 13 companies and more than 6,800 employees, offering integral packing and packaging solutions in the form of recycled paper, corrugated boxes, preprinted corrugated and ...

DuPont Announces 2016 Award Winners

(Flexpack)

June 05, 2016, ...  Method Liquid Laundry Detergent 53-ounce PET post-consumer recycled bottle (Amcor rigid Plastics, USA) Lightweight 18.0 g & 12.0 g Square-Shaped Edible Oil Bottle & 1 g Cap (Adani Wilmar, Ltd., India) ...

IoPP Reports AmeriStar Winners

(Carton Box)

June 01, 2016, ... The package is 100% polypropylene and contains 60% post-consumer recycled resin. A package like this is categorically unusual, but this brand continues to think boldly and proved sustainable does not have ...

Show Preview | Focus on Industrial Printing at drupa 2016

(Print)

April 28, 2016, ... uncoated fine paper branded products are part of company’s Green Range, meaning that they are FSC or PEFC certified, 100% recycled, or totally chlorine free bleached (TCF).      Nordmeccanica (Hall ...

UPM Raflatac and Cielo e Terra Study Wine Bottles

(Label/Tape)

April 20, 2016, ... glassine backing paper from the label application process is collected and recycled into new paper at UPM Raflatac's specialist Plattling mill in Germany. "Our cooperation with Cielo e Terra in sustainability ...

Appleton Mfg. Division Adds to Safe-Slab Line

(News | New Products)

April 09, 2016, ... the Safe-Slab Core Recycler product line. The Butt Roll Safe-Slab and the Master Roll Safe-Slab join the original Safe-Slab products to provide a full line of slabbing options for just about any roll material, ...

FPI Announces Foodservice Recovery Toolkit

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2016, ... studies done by the PRA and PRG, maps out potential end markets for recycled material, and shares case studies of successful foodservice packaging recovery. With help from the National Restaurant Association, ...

PMMI Releases Food Packaging Study

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2016, ... period of time. The study says the most innovative food industry segments are the following: Snack Foods: Recycled and biodegradable materials for salty snacks; stylish, vivid graphics and shapes ...

AIMCAL Awards | Toothpaste Carton Is 'Touching' Winne

(Coating/Laminating)

March 16, 2016, ... of a design by Colgate Palmolive that utilizes 0.016-inch coated recycled board from Paperworks Industries, Philadelphia, PA, and 0.5-mil metallized polyester (MPET) with custom-registered Fresnel Lenses ...

FTA Awards | Sunshine FPC Wins Two Best of Show Honors

(Print)

March 09, 2016, ... an initiative to decrease its carbon footprint and waste streams through reductions and recycling. All converted materials that are scrapped are baled and recycled. Accomplishments include installing sky ...

Klöckner Pentaplast Offers New Shrink Label Film

(Label/Tape)

February 28, 2016, ... Guidelines as set by the Assn. of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR), providing a higher yield of PET container recycling. Reportedly, it is engineered to offer high shrink percentages for optimal design ...

Constantia Flexibles Honored for Recyclable Labels

(News | New Products)

February 19, 2016, ... one of the top five innovations in plastic recycling in 2016 by the Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR). Held in conjunction with the Plastics Recycling Conference, the APR Showcase highlighted their joint ...

UPM Raflatac Offers Results of Shrink Sleeve Label Recycling Study

(Label/Tape)

February 07, 2016, ... the company's new RafShrink PO MDO 40 HS product, at the recent Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Technical Forum in New Orleans, LA. The study, conducted with Plastic Forming Enterprises, reportedly demonstrated ...

ULS Report Issues Study on Packaging Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2016, ... given amount of product. Study methodology gave credit for source reduction, recyclability, and use of recycled materials. The methodology, findings, and conclusions were reviewed by the Laboratory of ...

AWA to Offer Sleeve Label Event

(Label/Tape)

January 20, 2016, ... Platinum Sponsors Accraply, Eastman, Far Eastern New Century, and Verst Group Logistics, and it is supported by the Assn. of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers. A tabletop exhibition and extensive networking ...

PaperWorks Consolidates Canadian Folding Carton Production

(Flexpack)

November 14, 2015, ... facility. The plant was one of the manufacturing locations acquired from CanAmPac in July. Coated recycled board producer Strathcona Paper, also part of that acquisition, continues to be part of PaperWorks’ ...